re: #394 Targetpractice

Just how likely are the GOP to convict Trump or any of his co-conspirators if the DNC refuses to entertain any alternative but impeachment? The days of impeachment being a purely legal matter ended in 1998, it’s now a political one and the GOP have shown time and again they’re prepared to march through Hell itself to keep the DNC from scoring any sort of victory. It’s not as though they’ll pay any less of a price at the polls in 2020 if they vote to convict than they would if they voted to acquit.

Impeachment is always a pilitical matter. OTOH, the only way the Democrats could prevent the lesser-Trumps from being charged would be to end all investigations. That wouldn’t prevent states from going after them. But, if I were an elected official, I would only agree to dropping all of the charges on Ivanka and her brothers if Donald took the entire brunt of the prosecution.